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being kept secluded from the light. Though many of the 

 stuffed quadrupeds and birds were prepared more than thir- 

 ty years ago ; yet, by this sort of attention, they are still in 

 good preservation. 



Dr Van Marum has directed his attention to every 

 branch of natural history. His garden and conservatory, 

 also arranged after the Linnean method, are highly deser- 

 ving of notice and commendation. The Doctor, we were 

 assured, is particularly attentive to strangers, and obliging- 

 ly communicative ; but at this time he was unfortunately 

 from home. The superintendant of his garden, Mr Fre- 

 derick Bekker, is well skilled in his department ; and we 

 may here remark, that he undertakes to furnish rare plants 

 from a separate establishment belonging to his brother and 

 himself. 



Teylerian Museum. 

 We next visited the Teylerian Museum, of which Dr 

 Van Marum is at present chief director. Pieter Teyler 

 of Huilst lived, we believe, almost in the style of a miser, 

 but left vast riches ; and these have, by his will, been ex- 

 pended in purchasing a magnificent collection of philosophi- 

 cal instruments, a suite of specimens of minerals, and a li- 

 brary of books on natural history. A large hall has also 

 been built for the reception of these treasures. This hall 

 is excellently well lighted, by means of windows placed 

 along the sides, near the roof. The building bears the 

 date 1780. A very large and powerful electrical appara- 

 tus belonging to this establishment, has acquired celebrity, 

 from the publication, in the Haarlem Transactions, An- 

 nales de Chimie, Nicholson's Journal, &c. of many curious 

 experiments made with it by Dr Van Marum. Models of 

 Mont Blanc, and the Alps and glaciers around, occupy a 



